1902 Hampstead by-election
{{Short description|UK parliamentary by-election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name=1902 Hampstead by-election
|type=presidential
|country=United Kingdom
|previous_election=Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s
|previous_year=1900
|next_election=1905 Hampstead by-election
|next_year=1905
|election_date=24 January 1902
|candidate1=Milvain
|image1=85px
|party1=Conservative Party (UK)
|popular_vote1=3,843
|percentage1=64.5%
|candidate2=Rowe
|image2=85px
|party2=Liberal Party (UK)
|popular_vote2=2,118
|percentage2=35.5%
|map_image=File:Hampstead1885.png
|map_size=250px
|title=MP
|posttitle=Subsequent MP
|before_election=Edward Brodie Hoare
|before_party=Conservative Party (UK)
|after_election=John Fletcher
|after_party=Conservative Party (UK)
}}
The Hampstead by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 24 January 1902.{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F.W.S. |date=1987 |title=Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 |location=Chichester |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |page=96}} The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.
Electoral history
The seat had been Conservative since it was created in 1885.
{{Election box begin|title=1900 general election: Hampstead{{cite book|editor1-last=Craig|editor1-first=FWS|title=British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918|date=1974|publisher=Macmillan Press|location=London|isbn=9781349022984}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Edward Brodie Hoare
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
}}
{{Election box end}}
Result
{{Election box begin|title=1902 Hampstead by-electionBritish parliamentary election results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=Thomas Milvain
|votes=3,843
|percentage=64.5
|change=
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Frederic Rowe
|votes=2,118
|percentage=35.5
|change=
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=1,725
|percentage=29.0
|change=
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=10,280
|percentage=58.0
|change=
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
|swing=
}}
{{Election box end}}
Aftermath
{{Election box begin|title=1905 Hampstead by-electionBritish parliamentary election results 1885-1918, FWS Craig
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party=Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate=John Fletcher
|votes=4,228
|percentage=52.6
|change=-11.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate=George Frederic Rowe
|votes=3,803
|percentage=47.4
|change=+11.9
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes=425
|percentage=5.2
|change=-23.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes=11,301
|percentage=71.1
|change=+13.1
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner=Conservative Party (UK)
|swing=-11.9
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{By-elections to the 27th UK Parliament}}